sound system

Example Sentences

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The discrepancy makes for a uniquely unnerving experience, especially in a theater with a decent sound system, where every unexpected thud can feel like it’s creeping in closer and closer.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

Over bottles of red wine while Elliott Smith and Georgie Fame played from the restaurant’s sound system, the two discussed just how odd their restaurant’s fame had become.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

If some of the more seductive colors of Sondheim’s score get lost in the acoustic shuffle, it may have more to do with the sound system than Darryl Archibald’s music direction.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

As a child, he was captivated by local music after hearing a neighbor’s sound system playing mento, a Jamaican folk style.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

At that moment a loud, heartbroken wail came out of the coffee shop’s sound system.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez